Praise for

THE STRIP

Shortlisted for The Danger Award 2024 for Fiction

‘This is as hard-boiled as Australian crime fiction gets, and it’s very good.’—Sydney Morning Herald

‘tense and compelling’—Garry Disher, author of Bitter Wash Road

‘The Strip is an eye-popping, nightmarish miasma that sets a new bar for Australian crime. A total triumph in every respect.’—Chris Flynn, author of Mammoth

‘Page-turning from the start, this book ratchets up the tension tenfold as the pieces fall into place and the novel reaches its thrilling pinnacle.’—Books+Publishing

‘Fast paced, gritty, sharply observed noir that goes hard into the sleaze and corruption of the moonlight state.’—Andrew Nette, author of Orphan Road

‘The Strip is bingeworthy reading—a gritty crime thriller reeking of corruption, murder and sex. If you like your heroines flawed and kick-ass and your cops dirty as hell, you’ll love Iain Ryan’s gripping foray into the underworld of the Gold Coast. Hardly took a breath from first page to last.’—Kate Mildenhall, author of The Hummingbird Effect

‘The real-life history of vice and corruption on the Gold Coast in the 1970s and 80s has inspired this pacy, tense work of crime fiction.’—The West Australian

‘a cracking crime thriller’—The Australian

‘Steeped in the bitter lore of old-school policing and backlit by the gaudy neon of the Gold Coast streets, The Strip is hands down one of the finest Australian crime novels you’ll ever read.’—David Whish-Wilson, author of Line of Sight